My story started exactly nine weeks ago, when I made the decision to change something. I was fine, but I wasn't well enough. A fairly important online event had just taken place and the results were not at all as expected. And then the cruel truth struck me like lightning: sometimes the image is more important than work, talent or even human value.
For many years I struggled to lose weight. For many years I went to the doctors with a misdiagnosis (it's just easy to look at an overweight person and tell them they have thyroid problems) until I received a proper diagnosis and treatment. I do not feel comfortable going into too much detail now on this subject, so I suggest we discuss when I will be ready. But after too many attempts to keep track of them, I came to the conclusion that I needed some maturity to be able to do that. After all, it's a fight with yourself, and by then I had proved that I wasn't ready to hold it.
Some say that it takes a shock or an event to mark you in order to make that "click" that will give you the power that you have not found in yourself for so many years. Psychologists also have their explanations. I think it was a combination of all of the above. It was something I wanted, but I didn't think I could do it. Even now I am not so sure that I will succeed, but at least I want to make the most of this determination that I feel and get as many results as possible.
I took the first step in terms of nutrition. I did not indulge in miracle diets, but eliminated foods known to be unhealthy and unfriendly to the figure. We gave up bread and flour products, fried foods, sweets and products with sugar and juices. I started eating more fresh vegetables, eating a lot of salads and grilled meat. In almost 3 weeks I had already lost 3.5 kg. And without starving. But the lust had not disappeared. Especially fried potatoes.
I took the second step on June 16 when I started doing sports. Physical effort is not on my list of hobbies, so it was not easy at all and it is not for me. But my luck was to come across one coach with solid training and very empathetic on top of that. And let's not forget that I have some serious problems with my spine, so it's understandable why I avoided any kind of effort.
As you can see on the right side of the blog menu, we have created a new section called "My body journey”In which I want to keep you close and tell you about this journey of transformation of my own body. In this new category I will tell you what I eat (Eat clean), I will keep you up to date with the evolution and results of my training (Workouts), I will address fashion topics for women with shapes (Plus size fashion) and I will open my soul and address issues related to diversity and acceptance (Body positivity).
I'm not ashamed to admit that I do this primarily for myself. But I want to do it for other people who, like me, want a change, but I don't even know where to start. Losing weight is a slightly taboo subject in Romania and it seems to me that those who really managed to get some remarkable results after that started to behave as if the period in which they were overweight did not even exist. I feel pretty good in my skin, but I've noticed that I can feel better and better with everything I do for myself and my body.
It is easy to stand on the sidelines and put a label on a man after a superficial analysis of only 5 seconds, but the truth is that we must accept that we are different and that we each have our own stories, joys and sorrows. I don't want to read any more comments on this blog that say "go to the gym and go to the nutritionist!" because if that were the solution to the problem, the planet would be populated only by Victoria's Secret and Channing Tatumşi angels. Ah, and hormonal disorders, depression, or emotional eating would be long-forgotten tales.
So, if you think I can inspire you in any way or if you can help me with some advice, I invite you to follow my story. And I thank you!
27 comments
I have ups and downs and I still haven't found the time to be 100% determined.
Congratulations on choosing to make your experience public 🙂
Thank you, and I hope we both achieve what we set out to do
Hey, I'm here for the first time, but I'm glad I'm here, and I'm sure I'll stay with you. I say every day that I give up what is not healthy but I end up mything myself :(, I hope someday I can say stop and follow your example. Congratulations for your courage and devotion :). Many kisses
Alina, welcome! Let's motivate each other and achieve our goals. What you say? 😀
I'm HAI !!! :), I'm sure we can do it together: *: *: *
Many kisses
It's very good that you started playing sports. The results will appear later. And you will feel great. I do the gym for 2 months… every day (after the office). On the weekend I allow myself to take a break. Although even then I ride my bike, I still run on foot.
It is important to introduce sports into our routine, then everything will come naturally.
As for healthy eating… .I learned even more in the 2 years since I work at Kilostop. I just can't leave the sweets :))
I wish you good luck!
Many kisses
I didn't know you worked at Kilostop. I heard that they have a very good analysis device, I would also be interested in an evaluation. Could I do it even if I'm not a member? I don't know exactly how to proceed.
How much do I have to say on this topic… I don't even know where to start, from childhood when I had maybe only 5-6 kg more and I was still called "fat", "fluffy" and so on, or maybe I can remember a few more recent situations when those who know me from adolescence are now amazed that I no longer weigh 49 kg as then (yes, in adolescence I had managed to lose a lot of weight, and I still consider myself full).
In any case, I also want a change, I started it a few months ago, I cheated along the way, but now I hope to start again in force (food, gym, massages). Every time I saw your pictures from training, they somehow encouraged me not to give up either. Yeah, I'm not a sports person at all, unfortunately.
I will also start the diary on the blog, maybe if I officially assume the "fight" for "my best version", I will be more motivated.
I wish you good luck too! kiss
And I've had fluff since I was in high school. Sometimes I was taken aback, other times I had no such unpleasant events. I can't wait to read your diary too 😀
Go, go girl! I can't wait to read more episodes from your journey ♥
The beginning is harder, as I have so much to tell. So many feelings and trials that I hope I chose to tell everything on the blog. Kiss you!
It is not possible only with Tatumshi and Victoritze :)) you are brilliant, I follow you with great pleasure: *
I would be a hypocrite to say that I would not want to see only Channing Tatum around me :)))
Congratulations! I appreciate you very much for the courage to bring to light your own struggle. I took mine a few years ago too. I will not lie, I have relapsed a few more times and now I am in the primary phase of motivation 🙂 Here is a quote that made me ambitious some time ago and I hope it will do the same for you: “The one who defeats the others is strong. He who overcomes himself is omnipotent. " Good luck! : *
Thanks for the message and the quote, Madalina. People like you inspire me <3
And for me, the mutual works 😀 Mutual exchange of inspiration 😀
Congratulations and I wish you the results you want 🙂 Kisses
Good luck, Ioana and congratulations for your work on ioanadumitrache.ro! It is one of the few Romanian blogs that I read constantly. As for the "skinny bitches" blogs, they seem impossible to 'read' because they have little substance and you don't have much except for some pictures with feet long dates with self-tanner, extra long tables and silicone where possible, honestly I was not impressed by them?
I am very happy to find out that you are reading my blog with pleasure. Kiss you :*
Ioana, congratulations for the mobilization, courage to say things by name!
I wish you good luck in this journey, it is certainly not easy - I am currently after a pregnancy and I have started to move and adjust the table combinations, I hope everything comes out as you intended!
We are here and we support each other 🙂
I hug you, have a nice weekend!
Dianaaa, I missed you! <3 Te puup
Ioana, I'm glad you took on this in public!
Because, when the time comes when you want to give up (Because it will come), come here to write. We will be and will be here to shake your hand so you can continue.
My most valuable piece of advice I can give you is: Set small targets! (For example: I want to reach x kg and / or x cm in waist in x months / days /; weeks, etc., whatever you want). And work to reach the proposed minimum target! Not the big one you want to reach at the end!
This way you will stay motivated. One is to work to lose 5 kg in a month and another is to focus on losing 20 in 6 months, for example. Divide the weight you want to lose in a few stages and each stage has a deadline of time.
It will be much easier for you, because it will be like the basement!
I'm at work, and unfortunately, I'm writing a bit alandala, I can't really organize my ideas in order. I hope you understood what I meant.
And I have been struggling for 1 year to lose 5 kg and I am simply lazy. I have cellulite as much as the people's house. Deeh…. But you motivated me!
Let 1 kg be given from me for 10 kg given from you! Come on, we can !!!
And one more thing: Don't be discouraged by people who still comment on you! Of course, until you see changes, no one will know that you are in the process of losing weight, because the body does not change as fast as we would like. And we won't lose weight overnight, only that a fool had the "brilliant" advice, namely to tell you to go to the gym and that's it, the next day we'll be supple.
So people will still put labels. You continue to eat good cherries in the meantime! Don't ingest the nasty ones, because your stomach will hurt! And we know what bad cherries get if you bother your stomach! It better not do it! MWHAHAHAHAHA!
Congratulations on your decision! But especially for the fact that you want to inspire those around you. That is why you are as beautiful now as you will be after you lose weight. Because beauty comes from within.
I will follow your progress with my heart in my mouth. Good luck!
It's the first time I comment here, although I follow you from the beginning. I wanted to tell you that I'm holding your fists and I can't wait for the posts about nutrition and the gym (I've been moving for about two years and it's great; I know the beginning is very hard so I encourage you not to give up).
I think it's more motivating to think that you are doing this for your own health and that you will feel better (you are a very beautiful woman and you emanate positive energy; from what I read you and looking at the pictures with you I -I would love to have a girlfriend like you)
Hugs
And I started for about a month but still cheating a little… ..from your ambition do I feed a little too?
Is he cheating on the weekend? but I hope that reading from you will help me to change something in me… and maybe when you have moments of fall we will be here to help you?
You will not succeed, you have been your whole life full and you will stay that way, you try in vain. You have to come to terms with the way you look and you're done, you have no chance because you're not made for it.
Thank you for taking the time to read my article and leave me a comment, but next time I would appreciate if you would do this by signing your real identity. Even from Italy 🙂